Phonebook Console App

This is a simple console-based flashcards application developed as part of The C# Academy's learning projects. It serves as a practical exercise to reinforce fundamental C# programming concepts.

Overview

The Phonebook Console App enables users to create, view, and manage Contacts and Categories directly from the command line, featuring an interactive and visually appealing UI.

✨ Features

• Manage Contacts: Create, view, update, and delete Contacts
• Manage Categories: Add, edit, and remove Categories of the contacts
• Relationship between Contacts and Categories: Add a contact to one or more categories, and filter contacts by a certain category

🛠️ Technologies Used

• C# (Console Application)
• .NET (9.0.2v)
• Entity Framework Core (an ORM for database interactions)
• SQL Server (database engine)
• Spectre.Console (For better console UI)

📜 Lessons Learned

• A basic knowledge of EF-Core ORM and how to integrate it in a project.
• Use Code-First approach to create the database
• Apply Many-to-Many relationship in SQL Server using EF-Core

📚 Project Source

This project was inspired by the Phonebook project guide from [The C# Academy] in this link.